A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboy, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their drams are haunted bythe image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicatesense of order fades, so their childish dreams aretransformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.
Author (William Golding)
William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. William was an actor, a lecturer, a small-boat sailor and a musician before becoming a schoolmaster. After the war ended he returned to Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury and was there when his first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954. He gave up teaching in 1961.
Character List
Ralph Ralph represents human beings’ civilizing instinct. Jack Jack, adept at manipulating the other boys, represents the instinct of savagery within human beings, as opposed to the civilizing instinct Ralph represents. Simon A shy, sensitive boy in the group. Simon, in some ways the only naturally “good” character on the island, behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community. Piggy A whiny, smart boy, Piggy’s inventiveness frequently leads to innovation, such as the makeshift sundial that the boys use to tell time. Piggy represents the scientific, rational side of civilization. Roger A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him. Sam andEric A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph. Sam and Eric are always together, and the other boys often treat them as a single entity.
5-Q Interview Sam and Eric (Samneric)
Your friends talk to you like you are a single identity, they call you Samneric. Do you think you have a special connection between the two of you?
"(Both look at each other) yes we think there is a unique connection between us even though we have our differences at times"
Do you find that as being a good thing or not?
Sam: "At times is can be good and bad depending on the situation"
Do you mind that people think of you as being the same identity?
Eric: "Yes but we just usually go with it"
On the time that you were on the island, particularly near the end you both fall victim to Jacks manipulation and correction. Was that a good idea looking back?
Sam: "Looking back, no, we were all changed on the time we were on the island and we all made choices that we would not usually make"
Finally, as you have been back home for a number of weeks now is your relation with the other kids that were stranded on the island back to the same now?
Sam and Eric: "(At the same time) Not at all" Eric: "Every time we see each other we quickly walk past and do not say a word" Sam: "And we do not ever talk about it with the others"
5 Facts
1. The boys changed from being classy private school boys to being primitive barbarians.
2. They adapted quickly.
3. Not all of the boys changed.
4. The move into groups and end up going against each other.
5. They all change when the see their saviour in the end.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
My body was cold, there were shivers all around me, anticipation was lingering in the air. Everyone was watching as one by one the heads of civilians are decapitated. The sound of cheering in the crowds is mixed with the sound of screams and the feeling of fear is blended with the feeling of excitement. My farther raises me up onto his shoulders, I see everything now. I feel sorry for the people waiting and them knowing what is about to happen, a woman looks at me, crying in desperation. I look away, not trying to think about it too much. My eyes follow this woman as she stairs back at me. I feel sick for her and try not to think about what is next. Everyone is cheering, but I just don’t understand. I watch the lady walk up to the bloody guillotine, her head is in position, I look away, I feel horrible. I tell my farther to let me down. Suddenly the crowd starts yelling Death to the Aristocrates!” I feel hopeless; I loose all strength in my body and feel like falling to the ground and never getting up.
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Lord of the Flies
Synopsis
A plane crashes on a desert island and the
only survivors, a group of schoolboy, assemble
on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit
a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night
their drams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast.
As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams
are transformed into something more primitive, and their
behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.
Author (William Golding)
William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. William was an actor, a lecturer, a small-boat sailor and a musician before becoming a schoolmaster. After the war ended he returned to Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury and was there when his first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954. He gave up teaching in 1961.
Character List
Ralph
Ralph represents human beings’ civilizing instinct.
Jack
Jack, adept at manipulating the other boys, represents the instinct of savagery within human beings, as opposed to the civilizing instinct Ralph represents.
Simon
A shy, sensitive boy in the group. Simon, in some ways the only naturally “good” character on the island, behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community.
Piggy
A whiny, smart boy, Piggy’s inventiveness frequently leads to innovation, such as the makeshift sundial that the boys use to tell time. Piggy represents the scientific, rational side of civilization.
Roger
A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.
Sam and Eric
A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph. Sam and Eric are always together, and the other boys often treat them as a single entity.
5-Q Interview
Sam and Eric (Samneric)
Your friends talk to you like you are a single identity, they call you Samneric. Do you think you have a special connection between the two of you?
"(Both look at each other) yes we think there is a unique connection between us even though we have our differences at times"
Do you find that as being a good thing or not?
Sam: "At times is can be good and bad depending on the situation"
Do you mind that people think of you as being the same identity?
Eric: "Yes but we just usually go with it"
On the time that you were on the island, particularly near the end you both fall victim to Jacks manipulation and correction. Was that a good idea looking back?
Sam: "Looking back, no, we were all changed on the time we were on the island and we all made choices that we would not usually make"
Finally, as you have been back home for a number of weeks now is your relation with the other kids that were stranded on the island back to the same now?
Sam and Eric: "(At the same time) Not at all" Eric: "Every time we see each other we quickly walk past and do not say a word" Sam: "And we do not ever talk about it with the others"
5 Facts
1. The boys changed from being classy private school boys to being primitive barbarians.
2. They adapted quickly.
3. Not all of the boys changed.
4. The move into groups and end up going against each other.
5. They all change when the see their saviour in the end.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
My body was cold, there were shivers all around me, anticipation was lingering in the air. Everyone was watching as one by one the heads of civilians are decapitated. The sound of cheering in the crowds is mixed with the sound of screams and the feeling of fear is blended with the feeling of excitement. My farther raises me up onto his shoulders, I see everything now. I feel sorry for the people waiting and them knowing what is about to happen, a woman looks at me, crying in desperation. I look away, not trying to think about it too much. My eyes follow this woman as she stairs back at me. I feel sick for her and try not to think about what is next. Everyone is cheering, but I just don’t understand. I watch the lady walk up to the bloody guillotine, her head is in position, I look away, I feel horrible. I tell my farther to let me down. Suddenly the crowd starts yelling Death to the Aristocrates!” I feel hopeless; I loose all strength in my body and feel like falling to the ground and never getting up.